Answer
-1.2304
Work Step by Step
Based on the change of base property for common logarithms, we know that $log_{b}M=\frac{log(M)}{log(b)}$.
Therefore, $log_{.1}17=\frac{log(17)}{log(.1)}=\frac{1.2304}{-1}\approx-1.2304$.
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